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A new job may be confusing and hard, but it's still pretty hard to do something so dumb that it will get you fired on the spot. Here are some unwise choices new hires made that made their managers pull the plug before they could do any more damage. It's almost as if it's a competition to get fired.

It's like this guy was trying to check all the boxes for what constitutes a devastating fail. It's one thing if life throws you a sh*t-coated curveball and you end up losing your job. It's a whole another beast to find yourself stranded on an actual island. But to additionally somehow get your friend deported? That's straight up surreal nightmare territory. 

This young employee asked whether it was wrong to toy with the emotions of overly dick-ish customers by getting fake fired in front of them. It seems like a pretty harmless practice and gets bad customers to rethink their roles. We wonder what would happen if a customer just said "good!" People have ways of dealing with bad customers like this flight attendant who handled a problem flyer or this donut shop owner responding to a bad review with humility.

This barista asked the people of Reddit whether or not they were in the wrong for trying to get back at their rude customers by pretending to get fired. They're either the hero that the retail world needs, or they took it too far!

This woman asked the people of Reddit whether or not she was in the wrong for reporting a class clown of a co-worker who continued to tease her about her name. She took great offense to it, and decided to inform her supervisor about it. He ended up getting fired during the holidays as a result. So, was she in the wrong for running that back to the supervisor, or was her decision absolutely called for? 

Everyone has their breaking point, and some people lack the kind of common decency that's necessary to be able to see when you've pushed things too far. This customer just sounds like an awful person. Fortunately, things end up working out for the employee who was originally fired for not putting up with someone just being a terrible person. 

This one seems obvious. Anyone who's worked around heavy machinery knows how important it is to be mindful of  your surroundings, yet there's still coworkers out there who can't be bothered to understand how hazardous their own working conditions are. Some coworkers just don't get it, like this Karen who didn't check her email for years. Sometimes it's customers who are a nightmare, like this lady who tried to get a free washer and didn't get her way.

Incompetent power-tripping managers can get themselves into some really stupid situations, like this boss who demanded a special contractor be on call 24/7 and ended up with a $10K invoice. In lucky situations, incompetent managers get called on their BS and have to actually deal with the ramifications of their actions, rather than pushing the burden onto their employees.

Seeing a stupid boss make an idiotic mistake, underestimate the value of a person they hired, and then not only have to walk it back, but also have to pay for it, is music to our ears. For another awesome story like this, here's an incompetent boss who demanded a contractor be on call 24/7 and ended up having to pay a $10,000 invoice.

Shoutout to the bold employee that shows up thinking he's getting fired, and decides to wear a tuxedo and monocle. Epic. That being said, sounds like the co-worker's "joke" took things a little too far, and had the poor guy convinced that he was getting canned. 

A solid way to root out the rodent problem that clearly had infested the management team. This barista filmed mice in the cafe she used to work at, and managed to get the store shut down by the Department of Health. 

These people screwed up big enough that they thought they'd be fired on the spot, but apparently life isn't as cutthroat as you'd think sometimes. Whether they had an understanding boss, did the right thing, or just straight up weren't caught, these employees lived to work another day.

This man in New Zealand decided he'd proactively lighten the spirits on the day he was due to get fired, by bringing an "emotional support clown" with him for the event. Can't say we've ever heard of someone adopting this tactic amidst getting fired, but damn if it's one for the books. Twitter users naturally had some jokes to make about the whole madness of the situation. 

Twitter users are cracking jokes about the #signsyouregettingfired. If you find yourself getting pulled into a conference room with a very serious looking manager and the HR department, things might not be looking too good for the time you have left with the company. Or, maybe you show up at the office and there's an empty cardboard box waiting for you on your desk. Hopefully none of these signs that you're getting fired ring any bells. 

There are a lot of reasons to leave a job. Maybe you get a better offer at a different place for more money. Hell, maybe the job just sucks. These people just happened to leave because they were violent, dumb, selfish, creepy and just plain stupid. For more like this, here are some dumbstruck employees sharing stories of their dumbest coworkers.